Reads the given filename into a string. Path handling is not too good and buffer sizes are hardcoded right now

/** @param filePath the name of the file to open. Not sure if it can accept URLs or just filenames. Path handling could be better, and buffer sizes are hardcoded
*/
private static String readFileAsString(String filePath)
throws java.io.IOException{
StringBuffer fileData = new StringBuffer(1000);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
new FileReader(filePath));
char[] buf = new char[1024];
int numRead=0;
while((numRead=reader.read(buf)) != -1){
String readData = String.valueOf(buf, 0, numRead);
fileData.append(readData);
buf = new char[1024];
}
reader.close();
return fileData.toString();
}

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